Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will expand the capacity for Macrolex dyes at its Leverkusen site. With an investment volume of more than five million euros, the current production capacity is to be increased by 25 percent, which will be available from the end of 2018.

"With this capacity expansion, we want to meet the growing global demand for high-quality dyes for the plastics industry," says Philipp Junge, head of Lanxess's Rhein Chemie business unit. "We see a significant increase in demand, especially in Asia."

Dominik Risse, who is responsible for the Colorant Additives Business at Lanxess, adds: "There are also stricter regulatory requirements. Especially in sensitive areas of application, particularly products with high purity, for which Lanxess is the market leader, are more and more needed."

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